The Talbots, formerly one of the Eastern Shore's first families, have gone to seed: Pap is a drunk, soddenly decaying in his ruined ancestral home, and three of his sons (William, Carol, and Ezra) are lazy, shiftless young men. Mulligan, Pap's second son who supports the entire family by oyster fishing, falls in love with wealthy Anna Lee, but when he first kisses her, she calls him "white trash."
When Ellen and her two brothers gather in their childhood home to sort through the inheritance left by their father, a renowned composer, old memories and unresolved conflicts resurface. The house, filled with musical traces and childhood artifacts, becomes a stage for emotional reckoning.
A young man who struggles with the fact of losing his father, comes to terms with what is real and who is really there to support him.
human darkness and how far people can go to similar perfectionism.
A young woman, in the midst of caring for her dying father, must shoulder the weight of her world over the course of a day.
After getting suspended from school and fighting with her mom, 14-year-old 'Bucket' finds herself confronted with the harsh reality of trying to grow up too fast.
Pour Mia
Struggling to navigate a promising career, a new romance, and her family life, a photography student confronts notions of love and loss during her senior year of college.
Sushma's parents get her engaged to Kishore. After knowing about her parents' plan to get divorced after her marriage, Sushma devises a plan to prevent it.
Tonny is released from prison - again. This time he has his mind set on changing his broken down life, but that is easier said than done.
After an accident leaves him color-blind, Óscar moves in with his reclusive brother Víctor, beginning a shared life that will test the fragile bonds between them.
Marek, a middle-aged forensic technician, is recently divorced and he shares custody of his five-year-old son with the boy’s mother. One night, accompanied by a trainee technician, he receives a call that breaks his work routine.
Following the recent loss of his father, an adolescent boy struggles with his life, while also having to deal with the constant beratement from his family, spiraling him into a pit of unhappiness that has dire consequences.
A young musician struggles to come to terms with the re-emergence of his estranged father.
A decade ago, Cheung Lek was the brightest rising boxing star—known as “Golden Boy”—until a tragic incident stripped him of his freedom. Ten years later, released from prison, he comes face to face with Fong Yuen, the son he has never met. To claim the inheritance left by Fong Yuen’s mother, Cheung must learn to live with and take care of the boy. Thrust into fatherhood and confronted by past regrets, Cheung’s life is turned upside down once more. Through conflict and gradual reconciliation with his son, he begins to understand his true purpose. Confronting the ghosts of his past, Cheung decides to return to the ring—not only to reclaim his dream, but to become the role model his son deserves.
A short personal story touching on the impact parents have on their children and how it can reflect them in the future. Filmed, Written and Directed by Chris Villafuerte
Filomena lives alone in a rural village in the interior of Portugal and has just found out that she doesn't have much time left to live. Her granddaughter Laura, a young woman in her early twenties, raised by her, shows up out of nowhere at her house. They share memories of childhood and youth, up to the moment when the granddaughter left home to attend University in Lisbon. But something strange happens when the two have a heated argument about the possible return of Laura's mother to their lives. Is Filomena's illness playing tricks on her? Or is something else going on here?
Brisée
A satirical dramedy loosely inspired by the infamous UK Miners' strikes; however this time, the fight isn’t in the pits, but on the stage. With his beloved family trade targeted by a right-wing government with a long-standing hatred for the arts, a Mime performer desperately rallies the troops for a silent revolution, vowing to save the art form from facing the final curtain.
After her father's death, a recluse runaway returns home to face her former life.